With reference to an article from Body Ecology, "Even scarier than the mild side effects are the serious health risks that accompany birth control pills. These include: increased risk of cervical and breast cancers, increased risk of heart attack and stroke, migraines, higher blood pressure, gall bladder disease, infertility, benign liver tumors, decreased bone density, yeast overgrowth and infection, and increased risk of blood clotting" (Body Ecology). For this reason, I personally think that teenagers should be aware of this health risks before getting contraceptives. ... Because ...

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There are a few circumstances that will allow a termination at any time for example, if giving birth would be a risk to the life of the mother or risk that the child were born with physical or mental abnormalities, amongst other reasons. ... This way you would get the community involved and get people thinking. ...

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Did the parties involved in forcing a woman to undergo an abortion ever think of the complications the mother had to face? ... A mother who had an abortion, are most likely to be at a high risk of having cervical cancer, placenta previa and uterine perforation during her following pregnancy. ... Forced abortion should be revised and all parties involved should think of the pros and cons in order to avoid controversial issues. ...

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The topic of abortion is anything but simple, and our laws governing the matter are always changing to try to achieve a middle ground. The word abortion alone provokes strong emotion in both women and men. There are many different viewpoints on abortion and it is important to exam both sides ...

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A choice should continue to exist but the emphasis needs to be placed on education of the parties involved. ... The important early court cases all involved single woman trying to terminate illegitimate pregnancies. As late as 1834 it was axiomatic to a medical student at the University of Maryland, who wrote his dissertation on spontaneous abortion, that woman who feigned dysmenorrhea in order to obtain abortions from physicians were woman who had been involved in illicit intercourse. ... Again, the context was spontaneous by the then induced abortion, but in a book with such explicit suggest...

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A choice should continue to exist but the emphasis needs to be placed on education of the parties involved. ... The important early court cases all involved single woman trying to terminate illegitimate pregnancies. ... Again, the context was spontaneous by the then induced abortion, but in a book with such explicit suggestions for relieving the common cold, woman could easily conclude that the health risks involved in bringing on an abortion were relatively low, or at least not much worse than childbirth itself in 1808, when Jennings wrote in his book (18). ... Harrison, for example, invited ...

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A choice should continue to exist but the emphasis needs to be placed on education of the parties involved. ... The important early court cases all involved single woman trying to terminate illegitimate pregnancies. As late as 1834 it was axiomatic to a medical student at the University of Maryland, who wrote his dissertation on spontaneous abortion, that woman who feigned dysmenorrhea in order to obtain abortions from physicians were woman who had been involved in illicit intercourse. ... Again, the context was spontaneous by the then induced abortion, but in a book with such explicit suggest...

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The Northern Territory sentences seven years to all parties involved. ... This information, along with other information about the medical risks of abortion, must be in a form approved by an advisory panel. ... The case involved prosecution of a medical practitioner, Dr Arthur Ross, Mrs. ...

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Women faced with unwanted pregnancies have turned to abortion, regardless of religious or legal sanction and often at considerable risk. ... One might argue that in a case where rape is involved, that abortion should be the answer (the chance of getting pregnant after rape is 1 or 2 out of 1000), but these anti-abortion organizations ask questions such as; will she be able to live comfortably with the memory that she "killed her developing baby"? ...

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States also have certain informed consent laws that protect a woman's right to know the medical risks of abortion. ... Because they are physically in the same location a physical examination can be done to ensure the woman's health and to be sure an ectopic pregnancy is not involved. ...

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